Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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